MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives' prosecution panel on Tuesday presented bank records it said would show that Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases "Mans" Carpio, held combined year-end bank balance of more than P190 million from 2022 to 2025, which prosecutors allege were not declared in Duterte’s Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).
The prosecution said the records covered at least 30 bank accounts across eight banks, with 14 bank representatives expected to testify to authenticate the documents and establish the couple’s year-end balances.
House private prosecutor James Bryan Ibrahim Alih made the disclosure in his testimony as the impeachment court entered the 34th day of proceedings and began hearing evidence from bank representatives.
Alih said the prosecution would seek to establish the year-end balances of Duterte and Carpio’s accounts for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 based on records obtained from the banks.
The prosecution alleges that the balances reflected in the bank records were not reported in Duterte’s official SALNs.
Eunice Sumatra, branch manager of Land Bank of the Philippines’ San Pedro branch in Davao, was the first bank representative called to the witness stand.
After taking her oath, Sumatra testified about financial records submitted by her branch to the impeachment court covering the period from 2017 to 2025.
She identified three types of documents: movement of payroll, withdrawal slips, and certificates of outstanding balances.
Sumatra testified that Duterte has one account at the San Pedro branch.
She also clarified that the documents presented to her were records submitted to the court by her branch, while one document came from another LandBank branch.
During the proceedings, Sumatra apologized to the court and said her branch had also submitted a certification stating that 20 corporations did not have accounts with the branch.
Alih later asked Sumatra to locate the Certification of Outstanding Balances among the documents submitted to the court.
Defense counsel Carlo Joaquin Narvasa objected to the procedure, arguing that a witness should not be asked to search through a stack of documents for a particular record.
Senate Presiding Officer Francis Escudero said the court would give the prosecution some leeway in presenting its evidence.
The prosecution is expected to call representatives from the other seven banks as it seeks to authenticate the financial records and establish the alleged year-end balances of Duterte and Carpio.
